Quotes by David Cross

• We should just get somebody from the left and the right and they should all throw bumper stickers at each other and the first one to cover the other one wins.
• I'll think of the idea and then I'll write something down, then within that there will be a joke or two which is the original thing which I thought was funny.
• There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views.
• The best thing about me is there are no skeletons.
• Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different.
• Originally they wanted me to be Buster but I really like the Tobias part.
• Occasionally I'll watch Fox News for as long as I can tolerate it, or CNN. I'll watch until I get infuriated, but you got to know what they're talking about and what they're not talking about.
• Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush.
• My biggest problem is retaining the exact information.
• It's not about trying to be funny all the time. It's more of a document that hopefully is funny.
• In New York there isn't that weird palpable competitive thing where it's friendly but everyone isn't trying to top one another with jokes when you're just hanging around.
• You can't just yell jokes at people.
• As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy.
• I'd be curious to find out, but I don't think people in the entertainment industry are proportionally more or less serious politically than anyone in the landscaping industry.
• Besides if people really want to support the troops they would vote democrat.
• I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically.
• I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either.
• I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.
• I love Tinkle, it's really the most fun I've had in years.
• I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate.
• I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end.
• I think people, for the most part, actually want what they think is best.
• I lived in LA for almost nine years and if I never went back there again it would be fine.